Fukuoka Prefecture implements a program to subsidize part of the expenses required for overseas applications for patents, utility models, designs, or trademarks by small and medium-sized business operators and others located in the prefecture.
Fukuoka Prefecture: “Fukuoka Prefecture Overseas Application Support Program” — 3rd Round, FY2026
September 19, 2026
Summary
Fukuoka Prefecture provides support for part of the expenses incurred by small and medium-sized businesses and others in the prefecture when filing overseas applications for patents, utility models, designs, or trademarks.
Key Information
| Location | Fukuoka |
|---|---|
| Opening Status | Open for Applications |
| Application Period | Sep 18, 2026 – Oct 9, 2026 |
| Max Subsidy Amount | ¥3,000,000 |
| Subsidy Rate | 1/2 |
| Purpose | Overseas expansion / Patents and intellectual property |
| Eligible Expenses | Application fees |
| Eligible Applicants | Small and medium-sized enterprises / Sole proprietors / Cooperatives, organizations, and others / NPO corporations |
| Implementing Agency | Fukuoka Center for Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion |
| Official Page | https://www.joho-fukuoka.or.jp/intellectual/event/contents/r08_foreign_application3.html |